Man rearrested on gun, drug allegations

Oct. 26, 2012

Written by

Brett Kelman
Pacific Daily News

A man who was on pre-trial release for allegedly plotting to kill a police officer has been rearrested on new allegations of drug possession and illegally carrying a firearm.

Police allege that Michael Joaquin Torre, 27, traded cash and drugs for a .45 caliber handgun that was previously used in a series of robberies, according to Superior Court of Guam documents.

The handgun -- along with drug paraphernalia stained with methamphetamine residue -- was recovered from a house on North Santa Cruz Street in Agat after a police raid on Oct. 24. Torre was in the house at the time of the raid, court ...